Lead Counsellor Reflections

An opportunity has arisen for a permanent Lead Counsellor for the Diabetes Reflections Counselling Service at Dundee House - City campus. The role is 8 hours and so can be fulfilled alongside private practice or other counselling work. Reflections offers long term humanistic therapy to clients who have diabetes in Nottinghamshire. The service exists in recognition of the interconnections between diabetes management and mental health. This is an exciting opportunity to support the wellbeing of diabetes patients, often in transformative ways.

The Lead counsellor will support a small team of counsellors on placement, plus one employed counsellor. They will be responsible for recruitment, liaising with training providers and safeguarding within Reflections., Providing supportive line management for counsellors on placement.

Managing recruitment of new counsellors, including ensuring sufficient applications, interviewing, overseeing HR processes and offering inductions.

Maintaining clinical oversight of the service as a whole.

Liaising with training organisations.

Undertaking initial assessments.

Managing the counselling waiting list.

Allocating clients to counsellors.

Maintaining and reviewing systems of record keeping and the management of client confidentiality.

Responding to urgent clinical and safeguarding concerns.

Maintaining best practice within the service using NUH values and behaviours guidance, BACP and UKCP ethical guidance and best practice documents, and requirements of training organisations.

Liaising with the diabetes department and contributing to initiatives.

We are looking for an experienced counsellor, with an ability to work respectfully across humanistic modalities. Ideally you will have supervision and line management experience. The successful candidate will need to have experience of working with clients living with long term conditions. You will also need experience of prioritising tasks and managing own caseloads in a demanding environment. Considerable experience of working with clients who live with the complex effects of multiple traumas will also be a necessity., Take advantage of opportunities to expand your clinical knowledge and experience in the psychotherapeutic care of clients living with diabetes. One hour of your monthly supervision will be paid for as part of the role.

Leadership skills and service development are well supported with Band 7 training, management and opportunities for mentoring.

This post will allow a counsellor or psychotherapist with a keen interest in long term conditions to expand their clinical skill and leadership experience in a busy and responsive service. The Lead Counsellor role is concerned with offering the best possible psychotherapeutic service to clients.

Join the Diabetes Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, working as part of a team committed to the highest quality of care for patients.